Second Kingston Expedition

The Second Kingston Expedition (1722) was a pirating expedition undertaken by Edward Kenway and the crew of the Jackdaw off the coast of Kingston in southern Jamaica. Kenway engaged several heavily-armed British Royal Navy ships, and he seized the men-of-war HMS Gibraltar and HMS Dragon after surprising them with mortar fire. After capturing these two hard targets, he then focused on the unprotected merchant frigate HMS Oak, which was commanded by Captain Lewis Boscowan. The battle between the two ships occurred during a storm, and the pirates managed to board the ship and subdue its crew. Kenway looted 10,000 reales from the ship, and the pirates proceeded to make a successful escape with their new booty.